Jerry Lewis is anti-gay for a slip?

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Jerry Lewis dropped an anti-gay slur during the 18th hour of his annual Labour Day Telethon. He apologized yesterday for a "bad choice of words." The 81-year-old showman – onstage during the live telecast Monday – was goofing around and dodging his cameraman, then went into a ramble about imaginary family members. "Oh, your family has come to see you," he said, speaking to the camera and gesturing toward thin air. "You remember Bart, your older son," he said, and motioning again, "Jesse, the illiterate f-----. "No," Lewis said, stopping himself before continuing. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation called Lewis's use of the term "simply unacceptable." "I apologize to anyone who was offended," Lewis said in a statement. "Everyone who knows me understands that I hold no prejudices in this regard. In the family atmosphere of the telethon, I forget that not everyone knows me that well." Lewis's telethon raised $63.7 million (U.S.) for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, up $3 million from last year. http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/253229 -------------------------------------------------- I was just blown away when I heard about this, I love this man and could not beleive he said it. However I think he was just trying to be silly, not mean or disresptful. IMO you sometime have to take the remark and look at the source it comes from before judging it hateful, you know? Maybe I am wrong, what is your opinion? So what is your opinion on this remark he made, does it display he is anti gay or just old? Do you feel his was sincere in his apology? Should he be punished for his remark? Were you as shocked as I was to hear him say it? Thanks to all in advance.